Jack



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JACK

Filed NOV. 2'7, 1935 lazzzkAJZkzgvZafig INVENTOR WITNESS ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 4, .1936

UNITED STATES,

PATE T OFFICE JACK Louis A. Sohupbach, Waterbury, Conn. Application November 27, 1935, Serial No. 51,918

.. 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a jack and more especially to a foldable track for lifting jacks for with motor vehicles.

The primary object of the'invention is the provision of a foldable track of this character, wherein the same can be readily placed-in'position so as to permit convenient guiding of a lifting jaw beneath the rear housing of a motor vehicle and thereby relieving the operative of the jack from climbing beneath the vehicle for this purpose.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a track of this character, wherein the construction thereof is novel in form so that it can be readily foldable and conveniently carried within the vehicle without occupyin excessive space and is handy for service in the placing of the lifting jack beneath the vehicle.

, A further object of the invention is the provision of a track of this character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and emcient in its purpose, readily and easily handled, capable of quick attachment and detachment to and irom the vehicle, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illust ated in the accompanying drawingwhich discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure .l is a side elevation of the track in position for the guiding of the lifting jack beneath a motor vehicle, the track being constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view. Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through the track. Figure 4 is a fragmentary bottom plan view.

' Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view at the hanger end of the track.

Figure 6 is a further vertical 'transverse sectional view showing the manner of slidably fitting 4 the lifting jack with the track,

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawin Referrlng to the drawing in detail, the track 50 comprises a pa of relatively narrow flat striplike sections l0 d H, respectively, each"made from metal and separably latched with each other through the medium of a stationary hasp l2 riveted at 13 to one of the sections and this hasp is adapted to overlap the other section and in its free end is provided a notch M for accommodating a set screw li'which is in threaded engagement with the section I I, the hasp being permanent on the section III. 5

.The section I0 close to the inner end thereof carries an L.-'shaped bracket l6 supporting a spring clip H which is engageable with the rear axle housing l8 of a motor vehicle, a portion thereof being indicated at 19, while the section II 10 carries a ball 20 for the loose connection of a hanger 2 I having the reversely set hooks 22, these being adapted for engagement with a rear bumper 23 as carried by the vehicle is. In this manner the track is separably attached to the vehicle. 15

Slidably engageable with the track, that is the sections l0 and H thereof, is the swiveled bearing head 2 3 of the lifting screw 25 of a lifting jack it, the latter being of conventional type and is operated from. a. handle or actuating rod 21 of 2 the foldable type.

The head 26 carries at opposite sides thereof jaws 28 slidably fitting the sections it and H of the track so that such lifting jack 2% can be manually shifted or slid upon the track to bring 25 the jack into position beneath the vehicle, particularly the housing i8 for the lifting of such vehicle as will be clearly apparent in Figure 1 of the drawing.

The track when not in use is readily foldable 30 on separation of the sections i ll and. ll'from each other so that it-can be carried within the vehicle and stored in the least possible space. The use of the track eliminates the necessity of an operative of the automobile from climbing beneath the 35 automobile for the placing of the jack 25 in position for the lifting of such vehicle.

What is claimed is:

A device of the character described comprising a two-part bar constituting a guide track, means 40 for separably connecting the two parts of said \a V 7 bar together, a loop at one end of the bar, a spring clip fixedto'the other end of the bar for quick detachment engagement upon the rear axle housing of a motor vehicle, a double hook loosely engaged with said loop for suspended engagement with a rear bumper of a motor vehicle for disposing in conjunction with the clip the said bar in a horizontal position, a slide removably engageable with the bar and having trackage thereon to a point beneath the rear axle housing, and a lifting jack having a screw head-swiveled to said slide.

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